Classified report: PA to step up anti-Israel diplomacy despite proximity talks

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Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says in a classified document that despite the indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority, the PA is expected to conduct a diplomatic struggle against Israel abroad. Lieberman makes his case in the document handed out to the forum of seven senior ministers.

The report also states that the Palestinians will seek to use the so-called proximity talks to increase American pressure on Israel so the freeze on settlement construction will continue well beyond its September deadline.

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"In our assessment, the Palestinians will not reveal any area of flexibility, especially not on issues of borders and territory exchanges, because in their view the Israeli government is not genuinely interested in carrying out effective negotiations," the report says.

The document also notes that the Palestinians agreed to hold the proximity talks to extend the freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank and possible also in East Jerusalem.

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The possibility is also raised that the Palestinians will turn to the United Nations Security Council to seek backing for a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital. They would concentrate efforts on the United States so it does not veto the initiative.

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